??? Which OS can kiss your a..? :huh:
It's "win 7" (whatever that OS is...
) that can kiss his a**.
I am left wondering how many critics slagging off at the Windows 7 RC Operating System, have actually worked, and I mean really worked the Operating System through all of it's development colours from day 1, on up to it's present state as a Release Candidate? I'm laying odds that very few, if any, have.
If that is the case, then those critics are all cloaked with the exact same mantle as worn by Windows XP Users when Vista was released. Sadly XP Users still sling the mud at Vista and will probably continue until their OS is abandoned by Microsoft, to sink quickly beneath the waves.
I have been fortunate enough to have not used any other form of Computer OS, other than Vista. I have since spent a very brief time on my Dad's XP OS and found it not only dull and boring, but liken the experience to trying to teach a tortoise how to sprint.
Sure, there have been some rather major Vista glitches where I seemed to be constantly under the cloud of one form of MS Customer Technical Support number, or other, but from my own experience, these issues are now non-existent. From memory and my records, the last time I needed to contact MS for Tech. Support was in October of 2008, and that was to do with an issue about Windows Live OneCare......now also dead in the water!
Actually, part of the fun of learning about Vista has been that at the same time, MS with Vista, was learning about itself. In essence, it seemed at times that MS were treating Vista Users as experimental mice for their own engineering and development systems. And in that is the key to how successful the launch of Windows 7 has been......for once after constant and often very disparaging criticism, I believe that MS finally sat up, took note and learned too from the Vista lesson.
I have yet to venture into the realms of Windows 7, but that has not precluded me from also taking part in the Windows 7 Forums. There I am able to learn first-hand of that OS, through the experiences of that Forum's Members......Users who are considerably more advanced in this field, than I am.
For now though, I will refrain from becoming a "Pseudo-XP User" by presenting any form of criticism of Windows 7, criticism that is based solely on a short "play" in the Windows 7 "sandpit"......I suggest that those in similar circumstances do the same, and hold their peace.
Windows 7, to answer the first question. my comment was due solely to frustration and my forgetting the fact that i'm running a release candidate, not a finished product. so bugs or glitches may be present and it seems i found on (in my case).
@sassofalco: that was very well thought out and put together. i must admit, i haven't dealt with win7 from day 1 to now, but i have used it for a little while. my frustration stems from the fact that i had to spend about 8 hours trying to fix a problem on my daughter's computer. (some frustration was due to the fact that when i installed windows 7 to dual boot on my computer, there were absolutely no problems whatsoever. so i'm like, "why am i having so many problems now?")
vista wouldn't boot and i spent a little time trying to get in with no luck. i thought that her computer would be the prime candidate to run win 7 on (she's only 6, so there's no mounds of pictures, music, or documents-- meaning i can wipe the drive and do a clean install without having to spend a lot of time backing up data. having said that, i did have to spend a small amount of time retreiving game save data for the game she plays most: burnout paradise--but i digress). i backed up the game save data, wiped the drive, and installed windows 7.
after rebooting, my first task was to set up the ip address and dns settings. win7 recognized my wireless network card and i was more than content with using the microsoft drivers. the network and sharing center showed i was connected so i went to windows update and tried to activate windows. no luck--even though network and sharing center showed i was connected to the internet. i tried: installing the network card drivers from the disc; using the dns settings from my isp (i'm using open dns); setting up the dhcp; setting a static ip address; using mac address control within the router; uninstalling the drivers then removing and reinserting the card; disabling homegroup; going to win 7 forums (on my computer of course) and seeing anyone was having the same problem----- i did all that crap two or three times in no specific order until all of a sudden, it worked! and it stayed working---at least until i had to reboot. everytime i rebooted the computer, i had to do the same shi:eek:! none of the setting for the wireless adapter were being saved, so i had to go in and reinput the ip address, subnet, gateway, and dns--everytime. that sucks. so, after getting it to work again, my next goal was to install steam and download burnout. the download started and at about 10% of the download, it stopped, and as before, the network and sharing center showed i was online. i had enough.
the only reason i wanted to use windows 7 rather than reinstalling vista was because to reinstall vista meant that i would have to install windows xp first, as this version of vista is on an upgrade disc. so, i wiped the drive again, installed xp, then installed vista. i installed sp1 and 2, then came my moment of truth: setting up the network card.
It worked right the first time using the microsoft drivers.
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